Introduction - texts, power and identity -- - The literary thesis: vexed questions of rationality, development, and self -- - Situated approaches to the literacy debate -- - Literacies and power in modern nation states: EuroAmerican lessons -- - Literacies and identity formation: American cases -- - Literacy, power and identity: colonial legacies and indigenous transformations -- - Conclusion: Literacy lessons: beginnings, ends, and implications
